Improved Range-Profiling Algorithm Of Rainfall Rate From A Spaceborne Radar With Path-Integrated Attenuation Constraint

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 584-592

  Marzoug, Mongi ^a   Amayenc, Paul ^a  

^a CNET CNRS Centre de Recherche en Physique de l'Environnement ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - ALGORITHMS; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN AND RAINFALL - REMOTE SENSING;

PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; RAINFALL RATE; RANGE PROFILING ALGORITHM; SPACEBORNE RADAR;

RADAR;

EID: 0026186382     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.135820     Document Type: Article

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